Chapter 72 The Competition for Talents
The Crimea Peninsula on the coast of the Black Sea will become the focus of the break between Ukraine and Russia in future generations. Although it traditionally belonged to the Russian Republic, it was included in the Ukrainian Republic as a symbol of friendship during the Khrushchev era.
After Seryozha finished dealing with the affairs in Moscow, he took a plane with his father and the Lebed family to start their New Year holiday. Soon after, Grigory in Leningrad also came here.
With the arrival of Yuri and others who are far overseas, this year's New Year has gradually become lively. Seriosha specially rented a sea fishing boat to go fishing and experience the feeling of riding the wind and waves. And everyone's dinner is naturally a seafood feast prepared by the old man himself.
Although Crimea is much warmer than Moscow, it is still not suitable for swimming in the sea. But the entertainment here is not monotonous at all. Not far from the sea, there are not only virgin coniferous forests where you can hunt, but also ski resorts where you can ski. In just two days, Seryozha almost forgot all his troubles, and he has fallen in love with this place deeply.
The city where Seryozha is located is called Yalta, where the famous Yalta Conference was held during World War II. It is not only a famous health resort, but also an ancient city with a long history. Although Ukraine became an independent country after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Russia have actually been a unified country for more than 300 years if counting from the era of Tsarist Russia.
Orthodox Christmas is different from Christianity. Its time is January 7th after the New Year every year. Although they are all adults, there is still a ceremony where everyone sits around and gives gifts to each other. For this reason, Seryozat deliberately spent a day going to high-end stores in Yalta to buy some gifts for everyone according to everyone's preferences.
The gifts for Yuri and Lebed were a set of high-end smoking sets and wine sets respectively, while the gift for Yakov was a pair of natural crystal goggles. Mikhail received an antique fountain pen, said to have been used by Tolstoy, while Boris received a set of ski equipment, and Grigory received an Apple computer made in the United States. What Seryozha gave his father was a set of expensive kitchen knives, and what Seryozha could offer his lovers was jewelry and other things that women would like.
Accompanied by the warm fire in the fireplace, everyone sat around under the holly tree and shared gifts like a family. This scene made people feel very happy and warm. Seryozha once remembered the scene when everyone hung out in Gorky's black market. Although they didn't make much money and took great risks at that time, those days were the days that Seryozha missed the most.
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After Christmas, everyone left here one after another, and went to various parts of the world to get busy again. Seryozha returned to Moscow with his father, his lovers, and Grigory. Grigory is still on vacation, so naturally there is no need to rush back. Among Seryozha's three lovers, only Eva and Tonya have work matters to deal with, and Karim is the most relaxed.
On the first working day after returning to Moscow, Seryozha gathered together all the Youth League committees, trade unions, and staff of the National Housing Bank who had contributed to the Workers' New City project. The efforts of these people over the past few years have turned the once unfinished building in Moscow into a modern new urban area, and they deserve to be rewarded. Seryosha thanked everyone for their dedication and hard work, and offered them a handsome bonus.
Seryozha transferred the large amount of funds obtained from the resale of Workers' New City to the accounts of the Communist Youth League system and the two departments of the Mediterranean Trading Company. Except for part of the funds from the Communist Youth League system being used to improve the lives of the cadres of the Communist Youth League, the rest are all used for the projects of the Youth Science and Technology Cultural Center. The Youth Science, Technology and Culture Center is promoted to the whole country after Xie Liaosha intends to take over as the first secretary of the Communist Youth League. Xie Liaosha hopes to use this institution to find more young cadres for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to adapt to the market competition mechanism.
Most of the money from the Mediterranean Trading Company will be placed in the Foreign Trade Bank as capital, but everything has to wait for the final result of personnel appointments.
Not long after the New Year, Yeltsin, who couldn't sit still, came to Moscow ahead of schedule to report to the Supreme Soviet. Because the National Congress of the Soviet Union, which will be held soon in March, will be the last national congress since the election of the Brezhnev government, the second leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. During the tenure of this party organization, two general secretaries have passed away, and next year will be the day when the Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union will be held. Therefore, this session is actually a key meeting to determine the party and government within the next CPSU.
Yeltsin brought some old subordinates from Sverdlovsk region and Sergei Sha to carry out some work handover work in advance. Due to the huge investment in the project of Workers' New City, several houses are filled with financial accounts alone. Although it has been confirmed once during the handover process with the central bank, as a senior politician, Yeltsin knows that if there is any problem with this project in the future, it will be his responsibility, so he let his subordinates Take the trouble to review again.
Anyway, now that the accounts are handled cleanly, Seryozha is naturally not afraid that Yeltsin will find out any problems. As long as the handover work is completed, all the evidence left by Nikolai's money laundering activities in the country can be completely destroyed. This is the biggest gain for Seryozha besides money.
Since the incident of Boris burning the ledgers, Seryozha has adopted the double-account system of light and dark. As long as there is a transaction, there will inevitably be two ledgers, one bright and one dark. Clear accounts are used to deal with regulatory agencies. Now that Glencore's financial experts are professionally operating, clear accounts can basically be done seamlessly, and only hidden accounts are considered a hidden danger. Although these accounts are dangerous, they must be kept for reconciliation with the relevant transaction parties. After the handover of the Workers' New City project is completed, all these accounts can be destroyed. In the future, neither the KGB nor the Ministry of the Interior will be able to trace the capital flow of the former National Housing Bank.
The people below are very busy, while Sergei has to spend time continuing to manage the relationship with Yeltsin. At the beginning, Seryozha promised to continue to provide financial support for Yeltsin, but the National Housing Bank was handed over after changing hands, which made Yeltsin somewhat uneasy. So he wanted Seryozha to leave Sobchak, the old president of the National Housing Bank, to him. Of course Seryozha didn't want to.